“These people are foreign-minded,” could just as easily been the theme for GuyExpo 2013 which concluded yesterday at the Sophia Exhibition Centre.
Stabroek News visited Guyana’s largest trade and investment exposition yesterday in search of Guyanese goods, either completely manufactured in Guyana or which had a substantial amount of refabricating within Guyana, excluding the abundance of handicraft and food items.
The reality was that for most of the locally-owned businesses there was little in terms of goods that were quintessentially Guyanese. While GuyExpo is touted as being a trade show, the title should be more reflective in terms of goods that are Guyanese, which is not necessarily the case. Stabroek News spoke to three innovative Guyanese businesses focused on the